Here are a few of my favorites from paul m.
They should help ease into one of the last
weekends of summer 2005.
summer grasses
an old blue car
without doors
creek overlook
a flat rock
becomes uncomfortable
no one to tell—
the alpine sky heavy
with thunderclouds
“sunMtsFrameG”
back again—
the driftwood thrown
with all my strength
“creek overlook” – the heron’s nest
“summer grasses – acorn / tinywords.com
“no one to tell–” – acorn
“back again” – acorn; pegging the wind (rma 2002)
potluck
Just because we’re trying to be less judgmental around here, doesn’t mean we
don’t appreciate the return of Lawyers Behaving Badly at Declarations & Exclusions.
George Wallace reports on a case confirming the reasonable notion that judicial officers
have no immunity to commit battery, and — in a post including a great explanation
of “Selective Literalism Syndrome” [SLS] — he reminds us that lawyers should not try
to take advantage of a typo when it the intended meaning of the document is clear.
is now cached and part of the Google Search system!! There are only two results —
our post originating the phrase from two days ago, and our rather gratuitous trackback
ping that day to Crime & Federalism. Feel free to enlarge the result pool.
(2) Someone searched for perception of expertise> at Yahoo!, and #1 out of over
3.5 million results was our April 2004 post Selling the Perception of Expertise, which
explained further our qualms over “turnkey” weblogs, such as the then-new services
from LexBlog. It’s a good thing perception is everything.
“tinyredcheck” Ann Althouse points to a very interesting post at the Eide Neurolearning Weblog,
which asks what blogging could be doing for our brains. The post concludes:
“Blogging combines the best of solitary reflection and social interaction.“Research using the Lemelson-MIT Invention index found that invention
is best fostered in solitude (66%); yet other research has shown the beneficial
effects of brainstorming with a community of intellectual peers. So blogging
may combine the best of “working by yourself” and “working with other people.”
Bloggers have solitary time to plan their posts, but they can also receive rapid
feedback on their ideas. The responses may open up entirely new avenues of
thought as posts circulate and garner comments.
“In conclusion, it looks as if blogging will be very good for our brains. It holds
enormous potential in education, and it could take societal communication and
creative exchange onto a whole new level.”
I agree that the potential is there. As with other revolutionary media — such
as the printing press and television — it all depends on the execution. [See the
Supplement (dated 10-10-03) to our post “does the blogosphere exist?”]
